The K2-100 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 616.30 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.15 solar masses |
Radius | 1.24 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5945 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.22 decimal exponent |
Age | 0.75 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, K2-100 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 21.800 Earth masses |
Density | 2.040 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.880 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0301 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 1.674 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | K2 |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2017-02 |
Reference | Mann et al. 2017 |